Category: History
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Shelby Putt, Indiana University – Functional Brain Networks and Early Stone Tools
To view history, let’s dig into our brains instead of the Earth. Shelby Putt, postdoctoral research fellow at Indiana University, discusses why learning how our ancestors used their brains can help us understand the evolutionary puzzle. Dr. Putt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Stone Age Institute and the Center for Research into the…
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Mary Bendel-Simso, McDaniel College – The New History of Detective Fiction
Detective fiction has been around longer than Dickens and Poe. Mary Bendel-Simso, professor of English at McDaniel College, discusses the real origins of the genre and what we can learn from it. Mary M. Bendel-Simso is a Professor of English at McDaniel College, where she has taught since 1995. She is a Charles A. Boehlke,…
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Lorie Vanchena, University of Kansas – Poetry of World War I
We’ve seen and heard a lot of stories from WWII – but what about WWI? Lorie Vanchena, associate professor in the department of Germanic languages and literatures at the University of Kansas, looks back at the Great War and the literature that described it. Lorie A. Vanchena, associate professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures at…
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Damayanthie Eluwawalage, Albright College – An Alteration on Fashion History
Have we been studying fashion incorrectly? Damayanthie Eluwawalage, assistant professor of fashion design at Albright College, lays out the reasons to give fashion history an alteration. Damayanthie Eluwawalage serves as assistant professor of fashion design at Albright College. Damayanthie earned her interdisciplinary Ph.D. in design and costume history at Edith Cowan University in Australia. She…
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Chris Austin, Louisiana State University – DNA from Museum Specimens
Can you extract DNA from museum specimens? Christopher Austin,associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and head curator of amphibians and reptiles in Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University, explores a new way to gather information on the past. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of California at Davis and…
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Kishwar Rizvi, Yale University – Iran and Global Exchange in the Early Modern Period
What if art was seen as a more important part of our culture? Kishwar Rizvi, associate professor in the history of art at Yale University, delves into when art was seen as an important commodity among kings and queens. Kishwar Rizvi is Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Yale University. She is…
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Ruth Thompson-Miller, University of Dayton – Jim Crow’s Lasting Impact
The lasting impacts of Jim Crow can’t always be seen with our eyes. Ruth Thompson-Miller, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Dayton, discusses how some scars are carried on the inside. Ruth Thompson-Miller is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Dayton. She is an author of Jim Crow’s Legacy: The Lasting…
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Christopher von Rueden, University of Richmond – Why Men Care About Status
Was status always important to men? Christopher von Rueden, assistant professor of leadership studies at the University of Richmond, details whether hunter-gatherers also cared as much as modern men about their status among the tribe. Dr. Christopher von Rueden looks at leadership through the lens of anthropology. An anthropologist with expertise in small-scale societies, his…
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Mark Molesky, Seton Hall University – Gulf of Fire
We hear about The Next Big Earthquake, but what about the one that already happened? Mark Molesky, associate professor in the department of history at Seton Hall University, delves into a tremor of the past. I study a wide range of subjects in modern and early modern European history, with a particular emphasis on intellectual…
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Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University – Fossils and Rising Sea Levels
Ice sheets are vulnerable to melting in a warming world. Reed Scherer, professor of geology at Northern Illinois University, takes a look back in history to help predict the future. As a youngster in Brooklyn, N.Y., Reed Scherer loved the ocean and the diversity of its creatures. By age 7, he had started collecting fossils,…